NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune and Idea Village will announce the finalists at 2 p.m. Monday (March 7) via Facebook Live. You can watch our streaming broadcast on this page or from our Facebook page.

For the past 14 days, more than 33,000 votes have been cast to determine who advances the crowd-sourced semifinals at Fulton Street on March 18. Entrepreneurs will appeal to Big Idea ticket holders on hand, and they can invest in their favorite company by allocating a voting chip (valued at $25). The chip equals real money, so the entrepreneur takes home the cash value of the amount of chips they receive.

The three entrepreneurs who collect the most chips advance to the final round, making their pitch to the full crowd and a panel of local judges who decide the final winner.